Peter Rumancek

About: Peter is a mysterious character, this is due to how he has moved around with his mother his entire life and does not like to get close to people as he never stays in one place longer than one year. However he seems to feel comfortable in Hemlock Grove and lets himself get close to people including a close friendship with Roman and Shelley Godfrey. We see that Peter also has an angry and dangerous side to him, in how when he finds out that his mother may be spending ten years in Jail he throws a Bookcase in his Lawyers office on the ground in anger. Due to Olivia Godfrey(Roman's mom) being a distant ancestor of Peter's; he has some demonic lineage, which may be the reason he has had the same visions as Roman, a direct descendant of Olivia. He has also cheated death.

Powers:

• Enhanced Strength: While in his wolf form Peter is able to attack and take down his victims, his strength is almost matched by a full upir. We also see that while in a semi transformed state he is able to take down men in one punch as is shown when he punches a drug dealer in the face and breaks his nose with ease. His vargulf condition also made him strong enough to fight Roman on equal grounds as Roman could not overpower him as easily as he did other humans, though it may have been that Roman was holding back in the fight.
• Shape-Shifting: Peter is able to turn at will, however if he turns on the wrong moon he is at risk of becoming a vargulf. He was shown to be skilled at partly transforming, making part of the wolf body to emerge from his own and the muscles and tissues underneath his muscles to transfigure into that of his wolf body, and even have a part of it come out of his skin, like the head. Doing this without a full moon was capable of causing Peter's downward spiral into becoming a vargulf.
• Heightened Senses: While he is in his wolf form Peter can track down his victims by smell.

Weaknesses:

• Wrong Moon: If Peter turns too many times without the full moon, he will turn turn into a vargulf and not only have mental aliment, but he will also be unable to control the wolf in his body, causing it to rip through him at random times. He first coughed up blood after partly turning on a crescent moon, but after some time, he lost control of his temper and some inhibitions. He became more rude toward people he did not like and highly impatient with them. He was prone to angry outbursts when he was confronted with problems and became more than willing to become violent. This grew until he became an almost psychopathic killer, as he stabbed cultists when he transformed back into his human form after yet again turning when a full moon was not in the sky. When he transformed again, he suffered tears and lacerations from his unstable wolf from the inside of his body, tearing through his human body, as well as his rib cage not transforming back and acting like an ulcer in his flesh. He continued partially transforming and even fully transforming twice until all of the stress in his body finally turned him into a vargulf.
• Mercury: When Peter was being tortured Mercury was able to burn his wounds.
• Mortality: Because Peter does not have a rapid healing factor he can be killed by any physical harm, though his transformations can save him from death.